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The Education Exchange — 442 episodes
Ep. 438 - April 13, 2026 - How the University of Austin Fearlessly Pursues the Truth
Ep. 437 - April 6, 2026 - How to Build a Better Institute of Education Sciences
Ep. 436 - March 30, 2026 - Most Progressive College Professors Exclude Alternatives Views
Ep. 435 - March 23, 2026 - Students Lean Liberal Upon Arrival to College, Shift Further Left by Graduation
Ep. 434 - March 16, 2026 - Top Academic Journal Sees America Through a Glass Darkly
Ep. 433 - March 9, 2026 - Today’s Better Grades Could Mean Tomorrow’s Smaller Paychecks
Ep. 432 - March 2, 2026 - Virtual Learning Must Be a Choice, Not the Only Option
Ep. 431 - Feb. 23, 2026 - The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Starts in 2027. What Can We Expect?
Ep. 430 - Feb. 17, 2026 - School Boards Have a Bigger Impact on Outcomes Than You Think
Ep. 429 - Feb. 9, 2026 - Charter Schools and Historically Black Colleges Join Forces with Philanthropic Support
Ep. 428 - Feb. 2, 2026 - Public Education’s No Good, Very Bad Century (So Far)
Ep. 427 - Jan. 26, 2026 - You Think States Are Stealing Funds from Orphans? Think Again.
Ep. 426 - Jan. 20, 2026 - Private-School Choice Loses When Voters Asked to Decide
Ep. 425 - Jan. 12, 2025 - Teacher Salaries Cut, Even When Public Districts Have More Money
Ep. 424 - Dec. 22, 2025 - Arkansas Offers a Look Under the Hood of its ESA Program
Ep. 423 - Dec. 15, 2025 - Could End-of-Course Exams Revive Accountability in Massachusetts?
Ep. 422 - Dec. 8, 2025 - Community Colleges Are Bearing the Brunt of Postsecondary Enrollment Declines
Ep. 421 - Dec. 1, 2025 - “Charters Are in an Environment Rich with Opportunities”
Ep. 420 - Nov. 24, 2025 - How Does Weighted Student Funding Work?
Ep. 419 - Nov. 17, 2025 - Does the U.S. Department of Education Help Student Achievement?
Ep. 418 - Nov. 10, 2025 - The Future of the Federal Role in Education
Ep. 417 - Nov. 3, 2025 - Who Are Schools Really For?
Ep. 416 - Oct. 27, 2025 - When Radicals Dreamed Big About Better Student Outcomes
Ep. 415 - Oct. 20, 2025 - The Education Exchange: After Mahmoud, How Far Will the Parent “Opt-Out” Movement Go?
Ep. 414 - Oct. 14, 2025 - How Valuable Are Credentials as an Alternative Career Pathway?
Ep. 413 - Oct. 6, 2025 - Arkansas Makes Case for Benefits of ESAs
Ep. 412 - Sept. 29, 2025 - Men and Women are More Equal and More Different Than Ever
Ep. 411 - Sept. 22, 2025 - How to Save a School District
Ep. 410 - Sept. 15, 2025 - NAEP Scores of Graduating Seniors Continue to Fall
Ep. 409 - Sept. 8, 2025 - Peeling Back the Curtain on the “Science” Funded by NSF
Ep. 408 - Sept. 3, 2025 - As Trump Continues the Fight with Higher Ed, Will Harvard Be the Next Domino to Fall?
Ep. 407 - Aug. 25, 2025 - Make School Boards Matter
Ep. 406 - Aug. 18, 2025 - Why Not Choose Public Schools?
Ep. 405 - Aug. 11, 2025 - Did Columbia Capitulate or Correct Course?
Ep. 404 - Aug. 4, 2025 - What Will States Do With the New Federal Choice Program?
Ep. 403 - July 28, 2025 - How Will the Next Mayor of New York City Govern Its Public Schools?
Ep. 402 - July 21, 2025 - Free Inquiry on the Ropes in the Academy
Ep. 401 - July 14, 2025 - “Congress Swung for the Fences on School Choice and Hit a Single”
Ep. 400 - July 7, 2025 - Magnet Schools: The Dark Horse of School Choice
Ep. 399 - June 30, 2025 - Public School Enrollments Down 2 Percent Since 2020
Ep. 398 - June 23, 2025 - One Big Beautiful Tax Credit Scholarship?
Ep. 397 - June 16, 2025 - The Illusion of Local Control of Schools
Ep. 396 - June 9, 2025 - Opportunity Knocked for Universal Vouchers in North Carolina, and Parents Answered
Ep. 395 - June 2, 2025 - Public Broadly Supports School Choice Despite Persistent Partisan Gaps
Ep. 394 - May 27, 2025 - Who Are the Homeschoolers?
Ep. 393 - May 19, 2025 - Blacks Progressed More Rapidly Before Affirmative Action than Since
Ep. 392 - May 12, 2025 - Can Vouchers Forge Pathways to College?
Ep. 391 - May 5, 2025 - “We Knew from the Beginning Closing Schools Would Be Bad for Kids”
Ep. 390 - April 28, 2025 - The Largest Educational Intervention You’ve Never Heard Of
Ep. 389 - April 21, 2025 - What’s the Matter with Interdistrict Open Enrollment?
Ep. 388 - April 14, 2025 - Blue State Blues
Ep. 387 - April 7, 2025 - The State of Our Schools Five Years after Covid
Ep. 386 - March 31, 2025 - Reckoning with the Failures of the Covid Era
Ep. 385 - March 24, 2025 - Once-Thriving Charter Schools Sailing into Troubled Waters
Ep. 384 - March 17, 2025 - Charter Schools at Center of Urban Policy Dispute in Los Angeles
Ep. 383 - March 10, 2025 - Why DOGE Cuts at IES Are Incredibly Inefficient
Ep. 382 - March 3, 2025 - Holding the Line in Los Angeles
Ep. 380 - Feb. 18, 2025 - Students Are Learning About Both America’s Progress and its Racist Legacy, Survey Finds
Ep. 379 - Feb. 10, 2025 - Constitutionality of Religious Charter Schools Suddenly on the Brink
Ep. 378 - Feb. 3, 2025 - New NAEP Results Reveal Decade-Long Phenomenon of Persistent Learning Loss
Ep. 381 - Feb. 24, 2025 - Big Money Comes to High School Sports
Ep. 377 - Jan. 27, 2025 - Can Pandemic Recovery Be Accelerated with Technology?
Ep. 376 - Jan. 21, 2025 - The Battle of Houston: Rescuing a Floundering District from a Broken System
Ep. 375 - Jan. 13, 2025 - Do Religious Schools Discriminate When Students Pray?
Ep. 374 - Jan. 6, 2025 - Jeb Bush on School Choice in 2025: “A Lush Green Valley after a Rocky Climb”
EP. 373 - Dec. 16, 2024 - Massachusetts and the Folly of Replacing Something with Nothing
Ep. 372 - Dec. 9, 2024 - “A Moment of Peril and Opportunity for Charter Schools”
Ep. 367 - Nov. 4, 2024 - Bringing the Science of Reading To New York City Schools
Ep. 371 - Dec. 2, 2024 - From “Separation of Church and State” to “Free Exercise of Religion”
Ep. 370 - Nov. 25, 2024 - Have Charters Lost Their Edge?
Ep. 369 - Nov. 18, 2024 - Union Endorsements and School Board Elections
Ep. 368 - Nov. 12, 2024 - Hoover Institution Proposes Massive K–12 School Reform
Ep. 366 - Oct. 28, 2024 - Free College for One Year
Ep. 365 - Oct. 21, 2024 - School-Funding Lawsuits Pursue Big Dollars, Make Little Sense
Ep. 364 - Oct. 15, 2024 - New Study Highlights Other Ways Divorce is Bad for Children
Ep. 363 - Oct. 7, 2024 - The Windy Education City: Turmoil in Chicago’s Schools
Ep. 362 - Sept. 30, 2024 - The Case for Expanding Vocational Education Options in High Schools
Ep. 361 - Sept. 23, 2024 - In Oklahoma, Students Seen As Essential for Future Innovation
Ep. 360 - Sept. 16, 2024 - Massachusetts Charter Schools Create a Wider Path to College
Ep. 359 - Sept. 10, 2024 - What Can Be Done to Prevent the Next School Shooting?
Ep. 358 - Sept. 3, 2024 - How Have American Classrooms Changed Since Covid?
Ep. 357 - Aug. 26, 2024 - The End is Nigh for ESSER Funds. What Comes Next?
Ep. 356 - Aug. 19, 2024 - Early Nutrition is Essential to Brain Development and Intelligence
Ep. 355 - Aug. 12, 2024 - U.S. Schools Have More Special Education Teachers Than Ever
Ep. 354 - Aug. 5, 2024 - Teachers Report Worse Conditions Since Pandemic
Ep. 353 - July 29, 2024 - ESSER Funds May Have Slightly Boosted Achievement in Math, Not Reading
Ep. 352 - July 22, 2024 - Los Angeles Says No More Cell Phones in Class
Ep. 351 - July 15, 2024 - More U.S., European Students in Special Education
Ep. 350 - July 8, 2024 - Are Teachers Paid Enough?
Ep. 349 - July 1, 2024 - Catholic Education at a Crossroads
Ep. 348 - June 24, 2024 - Presidents Do Not Influence Public Opinion on K–12 Education
Ep. 347 - June 17, 2024 - Charter Schools Better at Preparing Girls to Vote
Ep. 346 - June 10, 2024 - Universal ESAs Elevated as Key Issue in Texas Primary Runoff
Ep. 345 - June 3, 2024 - Biden’s Proposed Cut to Charters Would Deprive Money for New Schools
Ep. 344 - May 28, 2024 - Is the Pandemic-Era Surge in Homeschooling Holding?
Ep. 343 - May 20, 2024 - Beware of the Easy A
Ep. 342 - May 13, 2024 - Social Media and the Struggle for Happiness
Ep. 341 - May 6, 2024 - “It’s Not a Miracle. It’s the Result of a Lot of Hard Work.”
Ep. 340 - April 29, 2024 - A Resource for Homeschoolers and the Policymakers who Support Them
Ep. 339 - April 22, 2024 - Private Schools Have the Edge on Civic Education
Ep. 338 - April 15, 2024 - Is Mayoral Control of School Boards Good for New York City?
Ep. 337 - April 8, 2024 - Your Children, My Choice
Ep. 336 - April 1, 2024 - Does a Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Bill Have a Chance to become Law?
Ep. 335 - March 25, 2024 - High-Dosage Tutoring: A Prescription for Learning Loss
Ep. 334 - March 18, 2024 - Why Some Charters Care Less about Learning
Ep. 333 - March 11, 2024 - Is It Smart to Drop SATs from College Admissions?
Ep. 332 - March 4, 2024 - To Live and Die in LAUSD: Charters in Trouble
Ep. 331 - Feb. 26, 2023 - A Chronic Case of Truancy
Ep. 330 - Feb. 20, 2024 - A Strike No One Bargained For
Ep. 329 - Feb. 12, 2024 - Are Colleges Failing to Adapt to 21st Century Realities?
Ep. 328 - Feb. 5, 2024 - No One Seems to Care about Kids
Ep. 327 - Jan. 29, 2024 - The Rational Case for Loving America
Ep. 326 - Jan. 22, 2024 - An Inflated Sense of Student Achievement
Ep. 325 - Jan. 16, 2024 - Are Fewer but Longer School Days a Good Idea?
Ep. 324 - Jan. 8, 2024 - Recovering the Ideals of the University
Ep. 323 - Dec. 18, 2023 - OK Gov. Explains State’s Top Rankings in Charter-School Equity Measures
Ep. 322 - Dec. 11, 2023 - High Schools Matter a Lot!
Ep. 321 - Dec. 4, 2023 - New Hampshire Charters Demonstrate Strength on National Tests
Ep. 320 - Nov. 27, 2023 - How The Last Frontier is First in Charter-Student Performance
Ep. 319 - Nov. 20, 2023 - Who Boasts the Best Charter Schools in the U.S.?
Ep. 318 - Nov. 13, 2023 - The “Teachers Union Premium” in School Board Elections
Ep. 317 - Nov. 6, 2023 - Charter Growth Continues
Ep. 316 - Oct. 30, 2023 - "A decision this nation will come to regret"
Ep. 315 - Oct. 23, 2023 - The Dallas Teacher Performance Pay Experiment
Ep. 314 - Oct. 16, 2023 - Quality Virtual Education More Than Just Kids In Front Of Screens
Ep. 313 - Oct. 10, 2023 - Questionable Conclusions on School Spending Cast Doubt on Research
Ep. 312 - Oct. 2, 2023 - The College Power of KIPP Charter Schools
Ep. 311 - Sept. 25, 2023 - Ohio Students on the Rebound
Ep. 310 - Sept. 18, 2023 - Two-Parent Households are Better for Everyone
Ep. 309 - Sept. 11, 2023 - A Virtual School Finds Real Innovation in Idaho
Ep. 308 - Sept. 5, 2023 - A Catholic School Boom in Florida
Ep. 307 - Aug. 28, 2023 - Conference to Explore if Alternative Models are Transforming School-Choice
Ep. 306 - Aug. 21, 2023 - Why Students Should Work
Ep. 305 - Aug. 14, 2023 - “Like a Very Smart, Eager-to-Please Intern”
Ep. 304 - Aug. 7, 2023 - The Vanishing Gap in School Funding
Ep. 303 - July 31, 2023 - Are Community Schools a Revolution in Education?
Ep. 302 - July 24, 2023 - Chicago Catholic Schools’ Commitment to Mission
Ep. 301 - July 17, 2023 - National Test Finds “Dramatic” Declines in Math, Reading
Ep. 300 - July 10, 2023 - "Quotas Masquerading as a Holistic Review"
Ep. 299 - July 3, 2023 - Only 1/4 of Teacher-Prep Programs Are Teaching Reading Instruction Well
Ep. 298 - June 26, 2023 - Charter Students Learn More than Traditional Public Students, Study Finds
Ep. 297 - June 20, 2023 - Are Connections the Way to Get Ahead?
Ep. 296 - June 12, 2023 - 2023 Is the Year of Universal Choice in Education Savings Accounts
Ep. 295 - June 5, 2023 - Performance Bonuses for Teachers Yield Gains for South Carolina Students
Ep. 294 - May 30, 2023 - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Limits on Union Power Pay Off
Ep. 293 - May 22, 2023 - What Happens When a Teacher Gets on the School Board?
Ep. 292 - May 15, 2023 - What's Behind the Terrible National Test Scores on History?
Ep. 291 - May 8, 2023 - How Wyoming Firefighters Pioneered Civil Service Protections
Ep. 290 - May 1, 2023 - The Crucible of Desegregation
Ep. 289 - April 24, 2023 - How School Districts Spent $112 Billion in Federal Relief Money
Ep. 288 - April 17, 2023 - Texas Bishops Back School Choice as Universal ESAs Advance in Red States
Ep. 287 - April 10, 2023 - A ChatGPT Ban in Classrooms Is "Ludicrous"
Ep. 286 - April 3, 2023 - How Charter Schools at the Base of a Volcano Start the Day
Ep. 285 - March 27, 2023 - Can Year-Round School Calendars Help Beat the "Burnout" Problem?
Ep. 284 - March 20, 2023 - Do Gifted and Talented Programs Make Racial Segregation Worse?
Ep. 283 - March 13, 2023 - What's Next for Education Reform in Massachusetts?
Ep. 282 - March 6, 2023 - Enrollment Down by 1.2 Million at U.S. Public Schools
Ep. 281 - Feb. 27, 2023 - Pennsylvania's School Finance Plan Violates State Constitution
Ep. 280 - Feb. 21, 2023 - The Myth of American Inequality
Ep. 279 - Feb. 13, 2023 - "Virtual" Charter Schools Disappoint Compared to Brick-and-Mortar
Ep. 278 - Feb. 6, 2023 - "Severe" Learning Losses from Pandemic, Data from 42 Countries Show
Ep. 277 - Jan. 30, 2023 - A Simple and Complete Solution to the Pandemic Learning Loss Problem
Ep. 276 - Jan. 23, 2023 - School Districts Are Too Big To Succeed, Scholar Says
Ep. 275 - Jan. 17, 2023 - Are Charter Schools "State Actors"?
Ep. 274 - Jan. 9, 2023 - "Students Are Afraid about their Future"
Ep. 273 - Dec. 19, 2022 - Teach-For-America Teachers Improve Twice as Fast as Others
Ep. 272 - Dec. 12, 2022 - Tennessee Ties Teacher Tenure to Performance
Ep. 271 - Dec. 5, 2022 - District Schools Lose, Charter Schools Gain, New Study of Enrollment Shows
Ep. 270 - Nov. 28, 2022 - When the School Superintendent Fired Four Principals in One Day
Ep. 269 - Nov. 21, 2022 - Does State Takeover of School Districts Affect Student Achievement?
Ep. 268 - Nov. 14, 2022 - "Purple Swell" Seen in Midterm Election Results
Ep. 267 - Nov. 7, 2022 - Scaling Up the "Joyful Environment" of Learning Pods
Ep. 266 - Oct. 31, 2022 - Testing Finds “Pervasive” Decline in Achievement
Ep. 265 - Oct. 24, 2022 - Another $750 Billion To Fix Self-Inflicted Problems?
Ep. 264 - Oct. 17, 2022 - Choice Programs in Florida Now Serving Nearly a Quarter Million Students
Ep. 263 - Oct. 11, 2022 - How Pay-for-Performance Came to D.C. Public Schools
Ep. 262 - Oct. 3, 2022 - "Who Am I, What Are My Strengths, What Am I Good At?"
Ep. 261 - Sept. 26, 2022 - Busing Boosts Integration But Not Learning, College-Going, Study Finds
Ep. 260 - Sept. 19, 2022 - School Spending Soars, Driven by Costs of Benefits for Teachers
Ep. 259 - Sept. 12, 2022 - National Test Shows Decline in Math, Reading Skills During Pandemic
Ep. 258 - Sept. 6, 2022 - What's Causing the Teacher Shortage?
Ep. 257 - Aug. 29, 2022 -Test Results from Spring 2022 Show "Cause for Hope"
Ep. 256 - Aug. 22, 2022 - Results of the 2022 Education Next Survey of Public Opinion
Ep. 255 - Aug. 15, 2022 - Why Are Students Making More Progress in Math than in Reading?
Ep. 254 - Aug. 8, 2022 - Enrollments Plunge at California Community Colleges
Ep. 253 - Aug. 1, 2022 - When "Equity" Meant Owning the Limitless Upside Potential
Ep. 252 - July 25, 2022 - Enrollments Rise at Catholic Schools in 2022
Ep. 251 - July 18, 2022 - In Interview, DeVos Makes Case for “Education Freedom”
Ep. 250 - July 11, 2022 - Power of Teachers Unions Is Described in a New Book
Ep. 249 - July 5, 2022 - "Huge gains" in Baton Rouge and Washington, D.C., magnet schools
Ep. 248 - June 27, 2022 - Study of For-Profit Schools Finds "Really Dramatic Effects on Learning"
Ep. 247 - June 20, 2022 - Families Flee Minneapolis Public Schools
Ep. 246 - June 13, 2022 - Do New York City Charter Schools Fuel Racial Segregation?
Ep. 245 - June 6, 2022 - High School Grade Inflation "Really Dramatically Increased"
Ep. 244 - May 31, 2022 - Gun Ownership Rates Decline, as School Shootings Spike
Ep. 243 - May 23, 2022 - Basic, Proficient, Advanced
Ep. 242 - May 16, 2022 - "Extremely Large" Learning Losses for Students Whose Schools Went Remote
Ep. 241 - May 9, 2022 - A State Takeover of Boston's Public Schools?
Ep. 240 - May 2, 2022 - How Race Factors into College Admissions
Ep. 239 - April 25, 2022 - "The biggest gut punch of all"
Ep. 238 - April 18, 2022 - Charter Schools Lift Test Scores, Graduation Rates
Ep. 237 - April 11, 2022 - New Biden Rules Would Be Obstacle for Charter Schools
Ep. 236 - April 4, 2022 - How Marcus Aurelius Foster Raised Expectations for All Students
Ep. 235 - March 28, 2022 - Is Putin a Modern George III?
Ep. 234 - March 21, 2022 - The Three Myths of Charter School Funding
Ep. 233 - March 14, 2022 - "Utter Dissatisfaction"
Ep. 232 - March 7, 2022 -Pandemic Hurt Younger Students’ Learning Worse, Amplify Data Suggest
Ep. 231 - Feb. 28, 2022 - Atlanta's Buckhead Neighborhood Mulls Leaving the City
Ep. 230 - Feb. 22, 2022 - What Happened in San Francisco?
Ep. 229 - Feb. 14, 2022 - Religiously Intense Students Are Twice as Likely to Earn College Degrees
Ep. 228 - Feb. 7, 2022 - Is Public-Sector Collective Bargaining Unconstitutional?
Ep. 227 - Jan. 31, 2022 - Arizona Clashes With Biden Over Covid-Relief Money for ESAs
Ep. 226 - Jan. 24, 2022 - Debunking the 1619 Project
Ep. 225 - Jan. 18, 2022 - Will Supreme Court Pave Way For Religious Charter Schools?
Ep. 224 - Jan. 10, 2022 - Students Learned Less When They Learned Online, a New Study Shows
Ep. 222 - Dec. 13, 2021 -Biden Administration Grant Funds Critical Race Theory in Education Research
Ep. 223 - Dec. 20, 2021 - Merit Bonuses Push Teacher Pay in Dallas into Six Figures
Ep. 221 - Dec. 6, 2021 - Foster System, Racial Activists are Wrecking Young Lives, New Book Contend
Ep. 220 - Nov. 29, 2021 - Press Giving Critical Race Theory a Free Pass, a New Study Finds
Ep. 219 - Nov. 22, 2021 - Charter School Enrollment Leaps by Nearly a Quarter Million Students
Ep. 218 - Nov. 15, 2021 - "White Supremacy" Winds Up on a School's List of American Principles
Ep. 217 - Nov. 8, 2021 - Common Core Adoption Hurt Student Performance in Science, Social Studies
Ep. 216 - Nov. 1, 2021 - Bill Oberndorf Explains State-Based Strategy for School Choice
Ep. 215 - Oct. 25, 2021 - The Trouble with Critical Race Theory
Ep. 214 - Oct. 18, 2021 - Detroit Supt. Nikolai Vitti on How He Changed District’s Principals
Ep. 213 - Oct. 12, 2021 - Bishop of Charleston Challenges S. Carolina Ban on Covid Aid
Ep. 212 - Oct. 4, 2021 - Yidan Prize winner Eric Hanushek on human capital
Ep. 211 - Sept. 27, 2021 - In Miami-Dade, 75 Percent of Students Are Enrolled in Choice Options
Ep. 210 - Sept. 20, 2021 - Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Maine Can Exclude Religious Schools
Ep. 209 - Sept. 13, 2021 - Mask-Wearing Mandates Are Based on "Pathetic" Lack of Data, Doctor Warns
Ep. 208 - Sept. 7, 2021 - Results of the 2021 Education Next Survey of Public Opinion
Ep. 207 - Aug. 30, 2021 - Understanding the Failure of Common Core
Ep. 206 - Aug. 23, 2021 - "It's Not How Much You Spend, It's How You Spend It."
Ep. 205 - Aug. 16, 2021 - Using Licensure Tests to Build a Strong, Diverse Teacher Workforce
Ep. 204 - Aug. 9, 2021 - Pandemic Learning Loss Leaves Children Months Behind in Math and Reading
Ep. 203 - Aug. 2, 2021 - A Round of Golf With My Father
Ep. 202 - July 26, 2021 - Abolish School Districts, a New Book Proposes
Ep. 201 - July 19, 2021 - How Arkansas Kept Schools Open All Year for In-Person Learning
Ep. 200 - July 12, 2021 - The Year of School Choice
Ep. 199 - July 5, 2021 - How School Closures Translated Into Learning Losses
Ep. 198 - June 28, 2021 - Reactions to the Harvard Homeschooling Conference
Ep. 197 - June 21, 2021 - More Private School Competition Boosts Public School Student Test Scores
Ep. 196 - June 14, 2021 - Indiana Expands Eligibility for School Choice Scholarship Program
Ep. 195 - June 7, 2021 - Redesign High School for Mastery and for Career and College Readiness
Ep. 194 - June 1, 2021 - "Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction"
Ep. 193 - May 24, 2021 - Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
Ep. 192 - May 17, 2021 - The Costs of Covid Countermeasures
Ep. 191 - May 10, 2021 - Open Schools Immediately Everywhere, a Stanford Doctor Says
Ep. 190 - May 3, 2021 - Public-School Parents Turn to Catholic Schools
Ep. 188 - April 19, 2021 - Why "Black Lives Matter" Matters
Ep. 189 - April 26, 2021 - Why Haven't the Schools in Massachusetts Opened?
Ep. 187 - April 12, 2021 - What Is Causing the Schools Not to Open?
Ep. 186 - April 5, 2021 - Low-Cost Private Schools Serving the Global Poor
Ep. 185 - March 29, 2021 - Yes, It Is Safe to Reopen Schools
Ep. 184 - March 22, 2021 - The Entire Oakley, California, School Board Resigned
Ep. 183 - March 15, 2021 - Wisconsin's Act 10, Ten Years On
Ep. 182 - March 8, 2021 - Charters 43% More Productive Than Traditional Schools, Study Finds
Ep. 181 - March 1, 2021 - No Promise School Will Be Open in September, NEA President Says
Ep. 180 - Feb. 22, 2021 - At Relay GSE, a Practice-Based Approach to Preparing Teachers
Ep. 179 - Feb. 16, 2021 - School Systems Are More Powerful When They Hire More People
Ep. 178 - Feb. 8, 2021 - Amid the Pandemic, Private School Students Are Actually Going to School
Ep. 177 - Feb. 1, 2021 - More School Districts Moving to Remote-Only, Study Finds
Ep. 176 - Jan. 25, 2021 - Results from a Nationally Representative Parent Survey
Ep. 175 - Jan. 19, 2021 - New and Emerging Obstacles Facing Charter Schools
Ep. 174 - Jan. 11, 2021 - "Release Time" Pay for Union Leaders Is Challenged in New Jersey Lawsuit
Ep. 173 - Jan. 4, 2021 - The Future of Results-Based Accountability in Education
Ep. 172 - Dec. 21, 2020 - Reopening in the Shadow of Covid-19
Ep. 171 - Dec. 14, 2020: Toward Equitable School Choice
Ep. 170 - Dec.7, 2020 - How Online Learning Is Unleashing Innovation
Ep. 169 - Nov. 30, 2020 - Adding Transparency and Equity with Weighted Student Funding
Ep. 168 - Nov. 23, 2020 - Gap in Funding Grows Between Charters, Traditional Public Schools
Ep. 167 - Nov. 16, 2020 - Belmont University School of Education Dean Wayne D. Lewis, Jr.
Ep. 166 - Nov. 9, 2020 - Fordham Institute President Mike Petrilli
Ep. 165 - Nov. 2, 2020 - Politics and Unions, Not Public Health, Explain School Closures
Ep. 164 - Oct. 26, 2020 - A Close Look at the Economics of the Pandemic
Ep. 163 - Oct. 19, 2020 - Settlement Is Reached in Delaware Schools Lawsuit
Ep. 162 - Oct. 13, 2020 - Why California's Democratic Governor Vetoed Ethnic Studies
Ep. 161 - Oct. 5, 2020 - Preparing Better Teachers
Ep 160 - Sept. 28, 2020 - Stanford's Dr. Bendavid on Effect of Stricter Coronavirus Lockdowns
Ep. 159 - Sept. 21, 2020 -A $14 Trillion Loss from Coronavirus-Related School Closures
Ep. 158 - Sept. 14, 2020 - Student Achievement Growing More Rapidly in Charters
Ep. 157 - Sept. 8, 2020 - Research Links School Vouchers and Reduction in Criminal Activity
Replay - Aug. 31, 2020 - Condoleezza Rice on the "Deep Visceral Wounds of Slavery"
Ep. 156 - Aug. 24, 2020 - Populism in Education Policy—"A Suspicion of Elites"
Ep. 155 - Aug. 17, 2020 - How Charter Schools in South Carolina Are Reopening
Ep. 154 - Aug. 10, 2020 - Richard Komer on Espinoza Decision and Possibilities for School Choice
Ep. 153 - Aug. 3, 2020 - The Pandemic Is Killing Standardized Testing and Accountability
Ep. 152 - July 27, 2020 - Thomas Sowell's "Charter Schools and Their Enemies"
Ep. 151 - July 20, 2020 - Condoleezza Rice on the "Deep Visceral Wounds of Slavery"
Ep. 150 - July 8, 2020 - How Parents and Teachers Felt About the Covid-19 School Shutdowns
Ep. 149 - July 6, 2020 - A Landmark Supreme Court Decision on Scholarships for Religious Schools
Ep. 148 - June 29, 2020 - How the "Structural Racism" Talk Undermines Individual Agency
Ep. 147 - June 22, 2020 - How Do Charter Schools Affect Traditional Public Schools?
Ep. 146 - June 15, 2020 - How America Responded to the Flu of 1957-58
Ep. 145 - June 8, 2020 - Will Charter Schools Open This Fall?
Ep. 141 - May 11, 2020 - Survey Breaks Down Response to Louisiana's Stay-at-Home Order
Ep. 144 - June 1, 2020 - First Year of College Available Online, Tuition-Free
Ep. 143 - May 26, 2020 - Stanford-Affiliated Doctor Says Schools Should Open in September
Ep. 142 - May 18, 2020 - Detroit Students Get U.S. Constitutional Right to a Basic Minimum Education
Ep. 140 - May 4, 2020 - “Some School Districts Are Talking about not Reopening until Next January”
Ep. 136 - April 6, 2020 - The Link Between Charter School Market Share and Student Achievement
Ep. 139 - April 27, 2020 - From “Innovative” to “Rotten”—Online Learning Amid Covid-19
Ep. 138 - April 20, 2020 - How Schools Manage Education During Covid-19 Closures
Ep. 137 - April 13, 2020 - Miami-Dade County's Plan for Covid-19
Ep. 135 - March 30, 2020 - Coronavirus Threatens Teacher Pensions
Ep. 134 - March 23, 2020 - How New York City's Schools Are Changing
Ep. 133 - March 16, 2020 - What Colleges Deliver to Their Graduates
Ep. 132 - March 9, 2020 - Long-Run Trends in the Achievement Gap
Ep. 131 - March 2, 2020 - The Link Between International Testing and Student Achievement
Ep. 129 - Feb. 18, 2020 - The Gap Between High School Graduation and College Preparedness
Ep. 128 - Feb. 10, 2020 - How to Increase Stagnant Teacher Salaries
Ep. 130 - Feb. 24, 2020 - More Evidence of Higher College Attainment from Milwaukee
Ep. 127 - Feb. 3, 2020 - Are Homeschooled Children Missing Out on Cultural Capital?
Ep. 126 - Jan. 27, 2020 - Student Test Scores in Newark Charter Schools
Ep. 124 - Jan. 13, 2020 - Increasing Teacher Diversity in Massachusetts
Ep. 125 - Jan. 21, 2020 - The State of Education in California
Ep. 123 - Jan. 6, 2020 - Has the War on Poverty Been Won?
Exchange Replay - Dec. 30, 2019 - How to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
Exchange Replay - Dec. 23, 2019 - Fixing the Culture of Contempt
Ep. 122 - Dec. 16, 2019 - Poverty Rate in America on the Decline
Ep. 121 - Dec. 9, 2019 - The Inner Workings of the Providence Public School District
Ep. 120 - Dec. 2, 2019 - Building a Case Against the Blaine Amendments
Ep. 119 - Nov. 18, 2019 - How to Build a 21st-Century School System
Ep. 118 - Nov. 12, 2019 - Observations from Inside a Success Academy School
Ep. 117 - Nov. 4, 2019 - School Choice and Blaine Amendments in Montana
Ep. 116 - Oct. 28, 2019 - What Parents Can Do to Help Kids Prepare for College
Ep. 115 - Oct. 21, 2019 - Are Teachers Really Underpaid?
Ep. 114 - Oct. 15, 2019: What Goes Into Choosing the Right College?
Ep. 113 - Oct. 7, 2019: The Turnaround of Camden's Schools
Ep. 112 - Sept. 30, 2019 - Raising Student Achievement with Local Money
Ep. 111 - Sept. 23, 2019 - The Impact of Education Savings Accounts in Arizona
Ep. 110 - Sept. 16, 2019 - Rebecca Friedrichs' Fight Against Teachers Unions
Ep. 109 - Sept. 9, 2019 - Checking in on School Reforms in New Orleans
Ep. 108 - Sept. 3, 2019 - Are the Benefits of a College Education Dwindling?
Ep. 107 - Aug. 26, 2019 - Higher Education in the EdNext Poll
Ep. 106 - Aug. 19, 2019 - Putting Together the 2019 Education Next Poll
Ep. 105 - Aug. 12, 2019 - How to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
Ep. 104 - Aug. 5, 2019 - How Pell Grants Expanded to the Middle Class
Ep. 103 - July 29, 2019 - Winston Churchill's Lasting Legacy
Ep. 102 - July 22, 2019 - How Does Race Affect Special Ed Identification in Schools?
Ep. 101 - July 15, 2019 - How Rising Costs Have Affected Higher Education
Ep. 100 - July 8, 2019 - The State of Parent Choice in 2019
Ep. 99 - July 1, 2019 - A New Look at American History
Ep. 98 - June 24, 2019 - Reforming Education in America's Prisons
Ep. 97 - June 17, 2019 - Social Trust Lower in Neighborhoods Without Amenities
Ep. 96 - June 10, 2019 - Students in Large Urban Districts Making Gains
Ep. 95 - June 3, 2019 - What Explains Gains in Miami-Dade County Schools?
Ep. 94 - May 28, 2019 - School Choice is Plentiful in Milwaukee but Students Still Struggle
Ep. 93 - May 20, 2019 - Working Together for Charter Schools in Indianapolis
Ep. 92 - May 13, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Education Touts Tax Credits, Title IX Reform
Ep. 91 - May 6, 2019 - A Different Desegregation Story in Boston
Ep. 90 - April 29, 2019 - School Participation in Choice Programs Affected by Regulation
Ep. 89 - April 22, 2019 - Congress: The Weakest Branch?
Ep. 88 - April 15, 2019 - Finding the Right Role for Social and Emotional Learning
Ep. 87 - April 8, 2019: Do Students Learn More with Better Math Textbooks?
Ep. 86 - April 1, 2019 - Fixing the Culture of Contempt
Ep. 85 - March 25, 2019 - How Declining Birth Rates Could Affect Schools
Ep. 84 - March 18, 2019 How Much Should We Spend to Tackle Climate Change?
Ep. 83 - March 11, 2019: Milwaukee Voucher Program Helps Students Avoid Risky Behavior
Ep. 82 - March 4, 2019 - Subject Tests for Prospective Elementary Teachers Have High Failure Rates
Ep. 81 - Feb. 25, 2019 - Public Sector Unions Not Devastated by Janus
Ep. 80 - Feb. 19, 2018 - Florida Tax Credit Scholarships Boost College Enrollment
Ep. 79 - Feb. 11, 2019 - Charter School Effectiveness Growing in Texas
Ep. 78 - Feb. 4, 2019 - Public Opinion on Education is Less Polarized Than on Other Issues
Ep. 77 - Jan. 28, 2019 - Remembering Nathan Glazer
Ep. 76 - Jan. 22, 2019: Surge in Non-Teaching Staff Strains School Budgets
Ep. 75 - Jan. 14, 2019: How Teach for America Shapes State Education Policy
Ep. 74 - Jan. 7, 2019 - Who Benefits from Redshirting?
Exchange Replay: High School Grade Inflation on the Rise
Exchange Replay: A Survey of Teachers by Teachers
Ep. 73 - Dec. 17, 2018 - Parents Satisfied with Florida Tax-Credit Scholarship Program
Ep. 72 - Dec. 10, 2018 - Test Scores and Long-Term Outcomes: Why the Disconnect?
Ep. 71 - Dec. 3, 2018 - Inside Government with Erica Suares
Ep. 70 - Nov. 26, 2018 - What Will the 2018 Midterm Election Results Mean for School Choice?
Ep. 69 - Nov. 19, 2018 - The Effect of Information on College Aspirations
Ep. 68 - Nov. 13, 2018 - KIPP Schools and the Charter Sector Continue to Evolve
Ep. 67 - Nov. 5, 2018 - Making Exam Schools More Diverse in Boston
Ep. 66 - Oct. 29, 2018 - Four-Day School Weeks and Pathway 2 Tomorrow
Ep. 65 - Oct. 22, 2019 - Lowering College Costs by Offering Credits for Free
Ep. 64 - Oct. 15, 2018 - Is This Discrimination?
Ep. 63 - Oct. 9, 2018 - Alberto Carvalho and Miami-Dade County Schools
Ep. 62 - Oct. 1, 2018 - High School Grade Inflation on the Rise
Ep. 61 - Sept. 24, 2018 - Hanna Skandera on Overcoming Divisions in Education Reform
Ep. 60 - Sept. 17, 2018 - The EdNext Poll vs. the PDK Poll
Ep. 58 - Sept. 4, 2018: Behind the Scenes of the EdNext Poll
Ep. 59 - Sept. 10, 2018 - The Effects of Heat on Student Learning
Ep. 57 - Aug. 27, 2018 - Changes in Support for School Choice
Ep. 56 - Aug. 20, 2018 - Boston Public Schools in Transition
Ep. 55 - Aug. 13, 2018 - Effectiveness of Teaching Practices Depends on Classroom Composition
Ep. 54 - Aug. 6, 2018 - A Survey of Teachers by Teachers
Ep. 53 - July 30, 2018 - What Happened to Black Teachers When Southern Schools Were Desegregated?
Ep. 52 - July 23, 2018 - Brett Kavanaugh's Possible Impact on the Supreme Court
Ep. 51 - July 16, 2018 - A Teacher-Centric Approach to School Reform
Ep. 50 - July 9, 2018 - LAUSD at the Edge of a Fiscal Cliff
Ep. 49 - July 2, 2018 - Why did the Supreme Court Change Course on Agency Fees?
Ep. 48 - June 25, 2018 - Congress Checks In On Charter Schools
Ep. 47 - June 18, 2018 - Impact of Magnet Schools in San Diego
Ep. 46 - June 11, 2018 - Effects of Public and Private School on Adult Life
Ep. 45 - June 4, 2018 - Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen
Ep. 44 - May 29, 2018 - How Have States Changed Their Standards?
Ep. 43 - May 21, 2018 - Understanding the Social Aspect of Truancy
Ep. 42 - May 14, 2018 - When For-Profit Colleges Lose Access to Federal Aid
Ep. 41 - May 7, 2018 - Phonics Makes a Comeback in England
Ep. 40 - April 30, 2018 - Effects of Refugee Students on Non-Refugee Students
Ep. 39 - April 23, 2018 - NH Gov. Chris Sununu and Education Reform in New Hampshire
Ep. 38 - April 16, 2018 - New Research on the Impact of Teachers
Ep. 37 - April 9, 2018 - Studying a Large-Scale Voucher Program in Colombia
Ep. 36 - April 2, 2018 - Checking In on Support for Charter Schools
Ep. 35 - March 26, 2018 - Looking Beyond Test Scores
Ep. 34 - March 19, 2018 - Latino Views on Politics and Education
Ep. 33 - March 12, 2018: New Studies Examine Longer-Term Impact of Vouchers
Ep. 32 - March 5, 2018: The ABCs of School Choice
Ep. 31 - Feb. 26, 2018 - Will School Choice Continue to Grow in 2018?
Ep. 30 - Feb. 19, 2018 - Helping Teens Develop a Sense of Purpose
Ep. 29 - Feb. 12, 2018 - Racial Diversity in a Boston Charter School
Ep. 28 - Feb. 5, 2018 - Can District-charter Collaborations Succeed
Ep. 27 - Jan. 29, 2018 - School District Turnaround in Massachusetts
Ep. 26 - Jan. 22, 2018 - Is America More Divided than Ever?
Ep. 25 - Jan. 15, 2018 - A Dream of Equality
Ep. 24 - Dec. 18, 2017 - School Choice, Test Scores, and Non-Cognitive Skills
Ep. 23 - Dec. 11, 2017 - Dispelling Myths about CTE
Ep. 22 - Dec. 4, 2017 - Chris Cerf on a New Chapter for School Reform in Newark
Ep. 21 - Nov. 27, 2017: How Safe do Students Feel in School?
Ep. 20 - Nov. 20, 2017 - Should Unions Sell Health Care?
Ep. 19 - Nov. 13, 2017 - A Master's Degree from a Top University at a Fraction of the Cost
Ep. 18 - Nov. 6, 2017 - The Impact of School Choice on School District Resources
Ep. 17 - Oct. 30, 2017 - Why is Opposition to Charter Schools Growing?
Ep. 16 - Oct. 23, 2017 - Which Voucher Models Should Be Expanded?
Ep. 15 - Oct. 16, 2017 - Free Freshman Year of College
Ep. 14 - Oct. 9, 2017 - Charter School Performance in New York City
Ep. 13 - Oct. 2, 2017 - Giving Teachers Valuable Feedback and Rewards for Improvement
Ep. 12 - Sept. 25, 2017 - Teacher Absences Greater in District Than Charter Schools
Ep. 11 - Sept. 18, 2017 - Students Control the Learning at Summit Schools
Ep. 10 - Sept. 11, 2017 - Are Too Many Students Choosing Four-Year Universities
Ep. 9 - Sept. 4, 2017 - Public Opinion on Teacher Quality
Ep. 8 - Aug. 28, 2017 - Choosing Vouchers in North Carolina
Ep. 7 - Aug. 21, 2017 - Should Muslim Students Be Allowed to Form Afterschool Religious Clubs?
Ep. 6 - Aug. 14, 2017 - Hanna Skandera and School Reform in New Mexico
Ep. 5 - Aug. 7, 2017 - Qualified Teachers and Effective Teachers
Ep. 4 - July 31, 2017 - Segregation in U.S. Schools
Ep. 3 - July 24, 2017 - Trump's School Choice policies
Ep. 2 - July 17, 2017 - Bill de Blasio and Mayoral Control